doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Vision is often modelled with tuned filters, noise and fixed bandwidth limits. But speed, dynamic range and hyperacuity need not be assumed.
See how they emerge from real biophysics: quantal sampling, refractory dynamics, cellular motion and synaptic high-frequency jumping.
Heliox has made a podcast episode about our latest paper on how houseflies see and react so fast.
It gives a nice, accessible overview of synaptic high-frequency jumping and why fly vision can outperform conventional expectations for biological neural systems.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
Supplementary Video 3:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=twYk...
Join us! 🧬🪰🎉🔬🧠
We are currently advertising a PhD project to study how the brains of #Drosophila and #zebrafish synchronise visual information processing.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Deadline for applying is Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Get in touch for more info!
I am very pleased to announce our upcoming Theo Murphy meeting at the Royal Society:
Nature of Intelligence: Bridging Animal and Artificial Intelligence
21–22 September 2026 - Bristol, UK
Registration deadline: 1 July
Register here:
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#AI #AnimalCognition #Neuroscience
HaDi MaBouDi
New paper by our group! 🧪🐝 Confirmation of the spread of "behavioural traditions" in groups - and between groups! - of bumblebees, using the string-pulling paradigm! With @procenko.bsky.social @larschittka.bsky.social and @minibraincognition.bsky.social .
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Updated version of our manuscript now available on bioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1....
We show how synaptic high-frequency jumping and morphodynamic sampling synchronise vision to high-speed behaviour in the housefly, extending visual bandwidth to ~1,000 Hz while minimising synaptic delays.
Small Brain Cognition Lab
Delighted to share our new review preprint:
www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...
Beyond Static Perception - showing how animals, neurons and synapses actively move to sample and compute information efficiently.
New paper out today!
Insect eyes do not just record images - they actively sample the world in rapid bursts. We show that this drives synaptic high-frequency jumping, reshaping visual signals to boost speed, timing and hyperacute vision during flight.
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Small Brain Cognition Lab
ASAB Interdisciplinary Workshop
Nature of Intelligence: Bridging Animal and Artificial Intelligence
sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
4-5 September 2025: Extraordinary meeting - many thanks to HaDi for organising, and to all the speakers and participants! See you all next year in Bristol!
